A little rebellion...(Quotation)

From Thomas Jefferson Encyclopedia

"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, & as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical." - Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, Paris, 30 January 1787^[1]

Footnotes

1. ↑ PTJ 11:93. Letterpress copy at the Library of Congress. Ford transcription is available online.

See Also

• The tree of liberty...(Quotation)

Further Sources

• Jefferson, Thomas. "Revolution and Reformation." Thomas Jefferson on Politics and Government. Compiled and edited by Eyler Robert Coates, Sr. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff1770.htm.